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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/42

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 32


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

training strike coming from Ceylon... seems like Ceylon is still well supplied...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
G4M1 Betty x 60
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 176
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 71
Ki-49 Helen x 62
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 99
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 117
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 74
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 23
SBD Dauntless x 2


No Allied losses

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet

most of the strike failed to locate the target...

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Day Air attack on Suva , at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 33


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 7


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14257 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4140

Defending force 62280 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1687



Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517

Defending force 213750 troops, 568 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5748



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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358

Defending force 43299 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 900


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38082 troops, 495 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1098

Defending force 12978 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196


Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

there are five Allied divisions at Suva now... with 6 or 7 Allied divisions on Timor I wonder how many divisions there are left to do a big style invasion somewhere. Of course there are more than enough RCTs and bgds around...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/42

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TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

guess those Buffs are doing training runs here, then will be transferred back to Karachi and moved out with an AK to Australia. There are so few aircraft at Karachi that I´m pretty sure that most were moved to Australia. Surely nearly all British bomber squadrons are operating out of Northern Australia as can be seen due to the high number of Wellingtons and Blenheims there...

at the moment there´s nothing I can do to interdict those convoys between Karachi and (probably) Perth though...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
A6M3a Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
G4M1 Betty x 32
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 174
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 [X(]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 135

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 5
Blenheim IV x 39
B-25C Mitchell x 246

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 88 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Blenheim IV: 21 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 63 destroyed, 120 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
1 x Blenheim IV bombing at 11000 feet

while I have seen Cap levels of 170 to even 200 Tojos, of course today, when Miller starts another big attack, we only see 45% of our fighters in the air... nevertheless this attack is shredded (but as always we are sure that there´s another strike). The Tojos work very well against 2E bombers and when I look at the Blenheims, they die like flies when thinking about Nikmod bomber endurance. It´s good to see those Blenheim flying as this means the British bomber squadrons can´t get enough Wellingtons to fill them up. But there will also be the Liberator III soon, which means the British squadrons will get 30 Wellingtons and 30 Liberator III each month and this means more trouble soon...


10 fighters are lost on the ground for around 100 2E bombers shot down in the end... that would be an excellent result...

one of those attacks can be fent off but...


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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 [:(]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 66

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 60
Wellington III x 86
B-17E Fortress x 97
B-24D Liberator x 111

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 36 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 15 destroyed, 30 damaged
Wellington III: 5 destroyed, 76 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 39 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 65 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
305 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 33
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 234

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet
20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet

... there´s always the second attack with the undestructable 4Es that NUKE your base... once again, all I can say is please look at the 4E losses... would be great if one of the Allied bases would be clouded in somtimes, or if the bombers couldn´t find the target... well, no luck and with the low Cap levels during the first attack, there´s not much in the air when those bombers show up and now my base is destroyed, with some 70 fighters destroyed on the ground. Only one B-17 and four B-24 are shot down. So once again it takes nearly 40 B-17s damaged to see one being downed and this by my "bomber killer" as I don´t have a comparable fighter in regards of firepower like the Tojo... hurrey...

needless to say the base is closed again...



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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 99
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 25
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 117
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 122
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
SBD Dauntless x 16
Spitfire Vb x 7
P-36A Mohawk x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 7


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Suva , at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 29


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 13


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14260 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4250

Defending force 62536 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1713



Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16035 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517

Defending force 213427 troops, 557 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5751



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

enemy av is decreasing rapidly... [:)]

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358

Defending force 43357 troops, 508 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 903


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46717 troops, 631 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112

Defending force 12934 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 192


Japanese ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/42

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Chokai
DD Tanikaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Ariake
DD Akatsuki
DD Fubuki
DD Usugumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-176
PT PT-178, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
PT PT-186

due to the enemy fighters being back at Lautern I´ve decided to send in the cruisers (once again...). We meet the usual PT plague but this time they are surprised and after one is sunk the TFs break off...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Chokai
DD Tanikaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Ariake
DD Akatsuki
DD Fubuki
DD Usugumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-169
PT PT-177, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
PT PT-181

same with the second PT squadron, they are surprised, one is shot to pieces and then the TFs break off...

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Takao


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

and then the two heavy cruisers nuke the base...

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TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

there´s not much left of the recently laid Type 88 mines...

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 33
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 61
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 75

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

wonder if Miller keeps his ac at this base...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 55

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
Blenheim IV x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 129

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 3 damaged
Blenheim IV: 11 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 54 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 11000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

the Tojos have been withdrawn and now Zeroes are flying LRCAP. The Zero isn´t a bomber killer, all that they are able to do is to scare the enemy bomber crews with their 7.7 mm MGs when the bounce off the armored cockpits... most of the bombers turn back but one and a half dozen bombers drop their loads over the base...

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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 37
Wellington III x 39
B-17E Fortress x 58
B-24D Liberator x 68

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 29 damaged
Wellington III: 16 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 32 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
139 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 151

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet
5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet
19 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet

the 4E monsters show up also of course, nuking the base again... the remaining Zeroes damage a couple of bombers, even manage to take two 4Es down, flak acounts for a couple of bombers more shot down... as it looks now it seems that my LRCAP could at least damage enough bombers to get the airfield operational again as the unescorted bombers will turn back if running repeatadly into fighters... but for now, the base is 100% damaged...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 103
Ki-49 Helen x 112
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 24 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 5 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

I´m more than amazed that Miller didn´t move a hell a lot more fighters to Lautern. As I´ve never seen the runway damage reaching 0% I guess the airbase is 100% damaged and this will make servicing his ac problematic. The Zeroe escorts didn´t have much problem with the fighters on Cap and the enemy also had very low morale turning back after some of their comrades were shot down... Hit rate of the bombers was "ok as well as the loss rate as we destroyed at least more ac on the ground than we lost bombers...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 31

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet

the majority of this strike failed to locate the target... that´s a common happening for our bombers...

but in total losses we achieved another good result today...




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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 99
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 34
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 158
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 154
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 25
SBD Dauntless x 16
Spitfire Vb x 12
P-36A Mohawk x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 13


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet

looks like a lot of the USMC Wildcats have been replaced with Army fighters...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 14


No Allied losses

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 24


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14260 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4407

Defending force 62826 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1743



Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3516

Defending force 212842 troops, 541 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5747



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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358

Defending force 43431 troops, 514 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 904


Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 46996 troops, 636 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123

Defending force 12776 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied max assault: 1972 - adjusted assault: 2930

Japanese max defense: 180 - adjusted defense: 319

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2) [:(]

Allied forces CAPTURE Suva base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
353 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
519 casualties reported
Guns lost 25

after the initial success in the defence of Suva, unfortunately the base fell easily today... have already moved out fragments of all units and will bring out more troops, I don´t expect to lose any of the units completely and they will be rebuilt within the next two months I guess...

Well, I've been away a few days, and it appears many things happened.
 
So, congrats for the Exeter first - being sunk by a submarine when a german battleship (ok, pocket battleship[8|]) failed, what a shame.[:D]
 
Congrats for Miyitkina too, as well as Sian and Kweiyang, where the fighting goes your way.  Excellent, you'll finally bottle up the Chinese in Chungking, if it continues that way.[&o]
 
And finally, congrats too for the temporary success of your Tojos against the Allied bombers.  At least, you don't lose the pilots when the planes are destroyed on the ground...
 
And if Suva finally fell, at least it delayed the Allied advances a lot.  It took a month for the base to fall, did it not ?  Stucking a few divisions there, that good.[:)]
 
 
 
However, I'm starting to fear future bad news.  All those Wildcats training over Koumac will soon convert to Corsairs... and if Miller swapped them for Army fighters, it can only mean that either their XP level is high enough that more training runs can't help, or that he has Corsairs ready.  I don't know whne they become available in Nikmod, but IIRC in stock it's January '43...[:(]
 
Anyway, good luck and may Ares and Athena favor you.

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Well, I've been away a few days, and it appears many things happened.

So, congrats for the Exeter first - being sunk by a submarine when a german battleship (ok, pocket battleship[8|]) failed, what a shame.[:D]

Congrats for Miyitkina too, as well as Sian and Kweiyang, where the fighting goes your way.  Excellent, you'll finally bottle up the Chinese in Chungking, if it continues that way.[&o]

And finally, congrats too for the temporary success of your Tojos against the Allied bombers.  At least, you don't lose the pilots when the planes are destroyed on the ground...

And if Suva finally fell, at least it delayed the Allied advances a lot.  It took a month for the base to fall, did it not ?  Stucking a few divisions there, that good.[:)]



However, I'm starting to fear future bad news.  All those Wildcats training over Koumac will soon convert to Corsairs... and if Miller swapped them for Army fighters, it can only mean that either their XP level is high enough that more training runs can't help, or that he has Corsairs ready.  I don't know whne they become available in Nikmod, but IIRC in stock it's January '43...[:(]

Anyway, good luck and may Ares and Athena favor you.

thanks

Exeter was heavily damaged though, surely no flt but a lot of sys damage when heading towards Perth so in fact it was a slooow and fat target for the sub. Still nice to kill ships with subs, that mostly hurts more than if something gets sunk by a couple of Betties. Even with the same result seeing Betties sink ships is something you´re more or less used to in WITP, losing capital ships due to sub attacks creats "different" feelings... [:D]

Sian will fall soon, no doubt, I´m not sure I will continue any offensive afterwards. Am planning to take Chengtu though but as it looks now, Miller moved out already 2 units from Chungking and I guess they will head North. When I see Kweiyang´s units starving then this definetely means they can´t do offensive actions out of this base and my blocking force is more than sufficient and so I´ve met my goals.

It was only a small success over Koepang, the base is closed now but I expect it to be operational again within the next 7 days and then everything starts again. [:D] Miller just has to knock out this base if he wants to continue the fight on Timor and out of it afterwards. And the very good news is the fact that he stopped his attacks at Dili, I guess he fears a counteroffensive against Lautern and has accepted that he can´t take Dili with his 5 (in words: five!! [:D]) divisions.

The five divisions on the Fidjis are pretty much worn down, four of them only have 150-170 av left due to the unprepped landings on New Caledonia and Fidji, not because the fights have worn them down. [:D]

The future really looks grim. The Corsair will roll out of the factory in 2/43, so I expect to see the first USMC squadrons showing up 3/43. As it is now there is no real place where he could mass deploy them - well Lautern would be but there is at least the chance to attack the airfield with CAs or even BBs. I guess the time between 3/43 and 7/43 will the a tough one as I won´t get the Tony earlier. 9/43 is the normal arrival date but I hope to move it two months forward with extensive R&D. But the Tony is no wonder weapon, it´s totally outclassed by the Corsair in every stat. But I guess it will do better than the Tojo.

ORIGINAL: castor troy

Exeter was heavily damaged though, surely no flt but a lot of sys damage when heading towards Perth so in fact it was a slooow and fat target for the sub. Still nice to kill ships with subs, that mostly hurts more than if something gets sunk by a couple of Betties. Even with the same result seeing Betties sink ships is something you´re more or less used to in WITP, losing capital ships due to sub attacks creats "different" feelings... [:D]

Indeed. That's why I track the score of each submarine, and not the surface combattant's.[:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/15/42

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Sub attack at 28,72

Japanese Ships
AP Unkai Maru #3, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
SS O16

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

O16 missed with a torp salvo but then scored with the deck gun and 40mm AA gun... AP Unkai Maru carries a small part of an AA rgt...

This is North of Maumere, O21 is also operating South of Soerabaja and was hit twice by Jakes this turn. If not FOW then I guess 2x60 kg GP bombs will have done enough damage to force the sub home... Miller told me that his fleet subs are all in their homeports waiting for their 1/43 radar upgrades as I´ve asked him where all his subs have gone. So I guess our shipping lanes are flooded with subs starting in 2/42 again...

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TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
B5N Kate x 26
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 49
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 24

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 88

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 3 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

the Catalinas at the base become damaged due to the base being damaged also and so we begin to kill more of them on the ground... We have to keep Bulla closed and I´m planning to take the base at some point...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 82
Ki-46-II Dinah x 2

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

parts of the strike failed to locate the target, couple of bombers and Zeroes crashed...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 99
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 163
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 102
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

2/3 of a night fighter sentai started training, I will use the night fighter variant of the Nik to fly daylight Cap over bases that can only be reached by Allied bombers. The Nik has a gun value of 11 which is the highest of all Japanese fighters at the moment (the next one that comes close is the Tojo with 8!!!) but 2 of the cannons are mounted as "schräge Musik" so I don´t know if those cannons even shoot at the bombers during the daylight attacks. Anyway, they are sure enough to damage a couple of bombers which is the same as my Oscars can do...

one of the oversights I´ve encountered in Nikmod is the fact that while Nik has moved back several production dates of Japanese aircrafts, he didn´t change the reinforcements and so you get new sentais/daitais that come in with no aircraft for example, or with only very few as there is no production when the reinforcements arrive. This happened with a Tojo sentai that arrived with 8 ac that were in the pool but no production and also with this Nik nightfighter sentai that arrived when the production just had started. This is a problem as when you fill out the sentai slowly with aircraft, you have to use pilots from the pool all the time instead of the sentai arriving with trained pilots NOT coming from the pool... [8|]


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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 33
SBD Dauntless x 16
P-36A Mohawk x 17
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 9


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Maizuru 2nd SNLF, at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 16


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 140

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
248 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

all my bombers concentrated on one LCU today...

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 10
Hudson I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet

guess this is a newly arrived Hudson squadron that is set to nav/airfield attack by default and it attacked Malir, just to encounter heavy flak fire...

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Sub attack at 27,70

Japanese Ships
AK Tsurugisan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Banshu Maru #18
MSW Wa 6
MSW Wa 3

Allied Ships
SS O16

damn O16 attacked again today, the escorts were useless... 3 out of 4 torps hit the small AK that sinks immediately... the AK was fully loaded with 1750 supplies (cargo capacity in Nikmod was greatly reduced...)

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 280040 troops, 2254 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 4508

Defending force 63074 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese max assault: 4274 - adjusted assault: 3044

Allied max defense: 1539 - adjusted defense: 1483

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
4632 casualties reported
Guns lost 80
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
3500 casualties reported

the enemy has no guns left but still inflicts a lot of casualties within our troops. This is a good example of how poor the WITP ground combat routine is. I´m more or less sure that the enemy is totally out of supply and without a single gun left, we suffer 80 guns disabled / lost today. Lol, a bajonette charge through my lines to take out mortars or howitzers behind my attack lines? [:o] And troops out of supply shouldn´t do any damage at all, or only very small damage... guess the worst thing for combat troops is to run out of ammunition, that´s a bigger problem than to run out of food, at least when it comes down to the ability to inflict losses within the enemy when he attacks your lines... you can be starved for weeks but as long as you have ammunition for your 8.8 you can still put a couple of T-34 out of action. As soon as you don´t have 8.8 ammunition but lots of canned beef it will get hard to knock out the tanks... in WITP´s ground routine it´s all about assault points with modifiers that also don´t work well when out of supply troops still fight at 25% combat strenght. This can end in 200% combat strenght or even more if you have 9 forts, urban hex or mountaineous hex with 100% preparation. That´s just wrong IMO.

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3518

Defending force 212670 troops, 531 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5744



Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358

Defending force 43483 troops, 511 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 909


Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48921 troops, 671 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1094

Defending force 11710 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 160


Japanese ground losses:
638 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

boring turn, mostly training raids...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/16/42

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Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2


No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 24

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 88
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 3 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 99
B5N Kate x 10
G4M1 Betty x 21
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 25

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 102

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
SBD Dauntless x 16
Buffalo I x 3
P-36A Mohawk x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 26


No Allied losses

Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 9


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35
Ki-49 Helen x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 62

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14236 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4236

Defending force 57951 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463



Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported

deliberate attack in two days again...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520

Defending force 212367 troops, 527 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5741



Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49114 troops, 677 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103

Defending force 10175 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

Allied max assault: 978 - adjusted assault: 841

Japanese max defense: 94 - adjusted defense: 103

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Guns lost 12


the Allied divisions start their deliberate attacks to kill off the defenders that were driven out of Suva...


Miller asked me today when I will start my invasion of Australia as he can see that I have gathered the whole IJN at Soerabaja! Looks like setting a couple of units to prepare for Northern Australia and putting a lot of merchant ships to Soerabaja to make it look like my number one port on the map does scare him a bit! [:D] Also Emilies are flying recon over all four Northern Australian bases and we spotted three more units moving to Broome in the far West.

I´ve told him so often that I´m going to land in Australia that he can´t really believe me but it nevertheless seems he´s more and more concerned about it...

hehe... every unit that is sitting in Northern Australia for garrisson purposes can´t go on the offensive... [;)]

Hehe, intelligence, counter-intelligence, scams, psycho war...  very good, all that.  It's time to amphib attack San Francisco !!![:D]

Miller keeps moving troops around on the Northern Australian coast, seems like he really thinks I´m going to land...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/42

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 27
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 25

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 88
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 99
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 26

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 135
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 38
SBD Dauntless x 14
Buffalo I x 10
P-36A Mohawk x 30
P-40E Warhawk x 34


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 104

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 36

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14224 troops, 457 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4344

Defending force 57999 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1486



Allied ground losses:
150 casualties reported

deliberate attack tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517

Defending force 211949 troops, 525 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5743



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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49185 troops, 670 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1093

Defending force 9282 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 84

Allied max assault: 983 - adjusted assault: 727

Japanese max defense: 73 - adjusted defense: 103

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

my troops won´t last that much longer I guess, I had ac flying parts of them out but today my ac were intercepted so I will stop it...

a good day...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/18/42

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ASW attack at 82,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-27

Allied Ships
AK Empire Bunting
SC SC-708
SC SC-639
SC SC-638
SC SC-521
SC SC-520

we´ve spotted a convoy West of the Fidjis and decided to attack it with subs... I-27 ends up near the convoy but is driven off by a couple of subchasers...

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TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84)

Allied Ships
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie

sub laid mines...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N Kate x 54
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 58
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 86

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 106
Ki-46-II Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

too many Helens crashed today... 6 pilots lost...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
G3M Nell x 54
G4M1 Betty x 104

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 111

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet

pretty amazing hit rate but all in all we´ve lot far too many ac again today. And we normally lose nearly all our pilots also. My aircraft are just too fragile... [:(]



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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 47
SBD Dauntless x 16
Buffalo I x 19
P-36A Mohawk x 36
P-40E Warhawk x 44


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 9


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 94

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian [:D][:D][:D]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 274287 troops, 2167 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 4452

Defending force 58273 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1530

Japanese max assault: 4231 - adjusted assault: 3963

Allied max defense: 1215 - adjusted defense: 457

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 4) [8D][8D][8D]

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sian base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
1709 casualties reported
Guns lost 53
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
107052 casualties reported [&o][:D]
Guns lost 2

And the defenses of Sian collapse! It was a hard fight but in the end I´ve known from the first attack on that the base won´t hold forever. It was surprising to see it surrendering today though, thought it would need another two or even three attacks. I now have more than 350.000 troops sitting at Sian and Homan waiting to get new orders. The troops at Sian need at least 6 weeks for r&r to come back to combat readiness... Nearly 110.000 Chinese prisoners account for 656 points of Allied ground losses that are now at 17.067! [8D] And I´m not yet done! [;)]

The Chinese aren´t worth a lot, when I think about Myitkina where we have seen 25.000 British troops surrender, they accounted for over 800 points of ground losses!

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3515

Defending force 211758 troops, 519 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5743



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 76441 troops, 657 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2084

Defending force 71235 troops, 878 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463


Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49066 troops, 671 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1074

Defending force 8558 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/19/42

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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 86
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 164
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 29

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 81
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 54
SBD Dauntless x 14
Buffalo I x 25
P-36A Mohawk x 42
P-40E Warhawk x 56


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520

Defending force 211093 troops, 512 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5725

I´m not sure I will attack further inland in China. The front is now at Chungking and Kweiyang and the supply situation for all those Chinese soldiers is just grim. And it will get even worse when all those units reappear at Chungking with 1/3 strenght that surrendered at Sian yesterday. In fact, the Chinese have been knocked out of the war many months ago already. I now have to get enough supply North to repair the oil centers at Lanchow as this base could provide me with 125 x 6 oil points a day which would be something like 5% of my total oil need. So I guess it will be worth it to invest 60.000 supplies there to get it back to 125 as we won´t have to spend a lot of supplies for the ground war in China anymore anyway...

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 76575 troops, 655 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2087

Defending force 71204 troops, 873 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1464


Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49385 troops, 678 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1100

Defending force 8614 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

Allied max assault: 1014 - adjusted assault: 593

Japanese max defense: 69 - adjusted defense: 49

Allied assault odds: 12 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Fine, Sian down, it's either Kweiyang next, or a lot of freed troops for use elsewhere (north ?[;)]).  And the reduced supply consumption will be useful too.  Well done.

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Fine, Sian down, it's either Kweiyang next, or a lot of freed troops for use elsewhere (north ?[;)]).  And the reduced supply consumption will be useful too.  Well done.

north? where north? The North is cleared already! [:D]

A little further north...  or east, or whatever the direction is in WitP distorted geography.[:D]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

A little further north...  or east, or whatever the direction is in WitP distorted geography.[:D]

in WITP geography it would be East then... [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/20/42

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 132
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 29

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 73
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 61
SBD Dauntless x 15
Buffalo I x 25
P-36A Mohawk x 40
P-40E Warhawk x 66


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16049 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3526

Defending force 210773 troops, 502 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5721



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 76638 troops, 652 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2093

Defending force 71181 troops, 872 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1464


Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 49837 troops, 668 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336

Defending force 8283 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67


Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported


in terms of combat, nothing interesting at all happening this turn. What is interesting though is the fact that 3 of the Allied units already left their positions sieging my base at Dili, now being on the trails West of Lautern. And I bet Miller will move out all his troops. I´ve stated in my last email that it´s obvious that he gave up on taking Dili and if he will be lucky then perhaps his units will be back at Lautern when my troops storm ashore... [;)]

Also interesting is the fact that three USMC para btns were moved to the Fidjis (seen them during their bombardment this turn). Three para btns? Looks like Miller is preparing to grab some bases in the South Pacific...

How is the isolation of Manila going? Any plans to take it anytime soon? From your combat reports, it looks like they are out of ammo; no hits on your 2000ft Oscars.

I suppose that unless you need the points for Auto Victory soon, what's the point of attacking even before 1944? They might all be gone by then.

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

How is the isolation of Manila going? Any plans to take it anytime soon? From your combat reports, it looks like they are out of ammo; no hits on your 2000ft Oscars.

I suppose that unless you need the points for Auto Victory soon, what's the point of attacking even before 1944? They might all be gone by then.

Manila is sieged by about 100 Japanese assault points. [:D] With the urban bonus the remaining 25.000 Allied troops can´t do anything. I´ve been using Manila as a training target for the last 10 months and at the moment I´m not thinking about taking it at all. As it stands now, I will achieve autovictory in two weeks with a 4,5:1 ratio. Not as impressing as the nearly 6:1 I had two months ago but still. I can´t see how Miller will prevent me from scoring the autovictory in 1/43. But honestly, IMO it´s only nice but that´s it. Miller can (and probably) will win the game. Winning for me means to kill off the Japanese before mid 45 as the Allied. Winning as the Japanese for me is to do better than real life. In terms of conquered territory I did far better than real life but if Miller would be able to drive into the heart of the SRA within the next year then I´ve more or less lost earlier than the real life Japanese.

At the moment I guess I won´t take Manila before I really need to as Clark is a big airfield only one hex away from the target and therefore I´m minimizing my op losses to a max as my ac are just crap and the training strikes from 2 hexes range cause a lot of op losses. Miller can use his bombers to do training runs even against defended bases at max range and doesn´t suffer the op losses I have when attacking an undefended target at 2 hexes.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/21/42

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
B5N Kate x 54
G4M1 Betty x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 130
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 155

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 107

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 102
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 78

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 133
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 38 damaged [8|]


Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

My losses are just too high, all I can do is attack from 26.000ft to achieve 3 bomb hits with 100 bombers...



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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 163
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 31

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 91
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 56
SBD Dauntless x 14
Buffalo I x 29
P-36A Mohawk x 42
P-40E Warhawk x 73


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16060 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3518

Defending force 210404 troops, 489 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5708



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 76850 troops, 654 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2101

Defending force 71304 troops, 876 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1465


Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1